The WorkSafe website will be unavailable on Tuesday 16 September from 12pm–5pm due to planned maintenance.
Our other online services, including the online services portal(external link) and Energy Safety portal(external link), will remain available.
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Our December work-related health update.
In this issue:
- summer guidance: protecting workers from solar UV radiation, fatigue and working safely in extreme temperatures
- accelerated silicosis, including new guidance for on-tool water suppression to control dust
- a roundup of recently revised dust guidance
- a new template tool for asbestos management plans
- revised Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices
- new hazardous substances requirements for storing class 6 and 8s
- consultation on minor amendments to hazardous substances regulations
- the MATES in Construction initiative
- an ACC subsidy for manufacturing businesses for health and safety improvement
- information from NZTA about managing impairment from medicine when driving.
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